The Freiblickinstitut

The Freiblickinstitut is a registered association set up to organise public debates on important topics within the fields of politics, society, the economy, science and the arts. The association is committed to freedom and progress and to looking at issues from a consistently humanist perspective.

Particular focal points for the Freiblickinstitut are:

Open and controversial debates about the big issues of our time.

Reason and progress: the legacy of the Enlightenment.

Confidence in the autonomous individual and in human ingenuity.

The renewal of democracy.

Global growth and open borders.

Educational, scientific, artistic and religious freedoms.

Questioning irrational fears, modern myths and outbreaks of moral panic.

Freedom of speech.

The maintenance of a tolerant society, in which people remain willing to take risks.

The Freiblickinstitut was founded in 2014 by the authors of the Freedom Manifesto. The Freedom Manifesto consists of 13 theses for freedom (including the freedom of speech, the right to privacy and a plea for the retention of open borders in Europe). The manifesto can be read and signed here (in German).

The introduction to the Freblickinstitut’s manifesto states:

“We are fortunate to be able to live in the 21st century. Never before have so many people had so many opportunities. We are more mobile, healthier, wealthier, better educated, technologically more advanced and, in many ways, freer to shape our own lives than ever before. Reason enough to take an optimistic view of the future.

And yet, we are at risk of losing some of these important achievements. A sense of fatigue is spreading and the faith we place in our own abilities is fading, leading to a diminishing conviction in our capability to work together and to make the right decisions to jointly shape our futures.

That is why we are fighting for freedom: the kind of freedoms which people need to move society forwards, the freedom to determine one’s own path in life and, above all, the freedom to hold open, controversial debates, without thought policing or gagging orders”.

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